The family of the slain Onitsha trader Late Mr Ndubuisi Nwokolo has cried to security agencies and the general public at large to ensure the arrest and prosecution of killers of their son on Friday last week.
The notorious killer was identified as Ikanda (Ikechukwu Udensi) of Azzia in Ihiala council area of Anambra state. Other members of his gang that took part in gluesome murder of Ndubuisi include Obosi, Ahmed and Monday, all of who are now on the run.
Speaking to newsmen in her residence in Onitsha, the mother of the deceased Mrs Kate Nwokolo said her son Ndubuisi was not only a son of consolation and breadwinner of the family, but also have been taking care of his sick father for the past eight months.
The wailing mother narrated that the incident started when Ndu resisted Ikanda from slapping an elderly okada man conveying him to his shop, fight ensued, prompting Ikanda's gang to rush to the scene and mobbed Ndu to death.
While crying for justice on the death of her son, Mrs Nwokolo who lost her only daughter three years ago, revealed that the notorious hoodlum Ikanda had been arrested and detained several times but constant order-from-above have seen to his release each time he was arrested, because he was alleged to be working as thug to top politicians in Anambra state.
Also speaking, the wife of the deceased and mother of his two little children, Mrs Cynthia Nneka Nwokolo narrated the sad ordeal prior to the death of her husband and called on authorities to bring the bandits who perpetrated this heinous crime to book, urging them never to sweep this case under the carpet.
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Police Command has assured Ndi Anambra that it would fish out the killers of an Onitsha trader Mr Ndubuisi Nwokolo and bring them to Justice.
A 38 year-old Nwokolo was allegedly murdered on Friday at No 21 Etumonye Street, Odoakpu Onitsha by one Ikenda and group using woods and matchets on the victim, which made many youths in Onitsha to go on rampage in protest of the heinous crime.
The victim was however rushed to Boromeo Hospital Onitsha where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor and corpse deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.
The deceased Ndu Nwokolo a native of Umunede, Ika North east LGA of Delta state was a Business Management graduate of the University of Calabar. He was aged 39 (1979-2018).
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